The George Orwell novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in 1949. At that time, it was considered fiction. What was once fiction is now real. Today (judging by their behavior), all too many elected officials consider the novel more of a handbook: "Tyranny for Dummies". Maybe WE should count our blessings that we got 10 or 20 good years past the eponymous year in question.
Anyway, WE noticed that one of our readers posted over on Kakistocracy Report, a parody that has been circulating on the internet about the Orwell characters, Winston and Julia in the book 1984, framed in what could be the not too distant future...
Anyway, WE noticed that one of our readers posted over on Kakistocracy Report, a parody that has been circulating on the internet about the Orwell characters, Winston and Julia in the book 1984, framed in what could be the not too distant future...
"Winston, come into the dining room, it's time to eat," Julia yelled to her husband. "In a minute, honey, it's a tie score," he answered.
Actually Winston wasn't very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington. Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its "unseemly violence" and the "bad" example it sets for the rest of the world", Winston was far less of a football fan than he used to be. Two-hand touch wasn't nearly as exciting.
Yet, it wasn't the game that Winston was uninterested in. It was more the thought of eating another Tofu Turkey. Even though it was the best type of Veggie Meat available after the government revised the American Anti-Obesity Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which already included potatoes, cranberry sauce, and mincemeat pie), it wasn't anything like real turkey.
And ever since the government officially changed the name of "Thanksgiving Day" to "A National Day of Atonement" in 2020, to officially acknowledge the Pilgrims' historically brutal treatment of Native Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.
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The author adds some of his own commentary about the cumulative effects of progressivism:
The author adds some of his own commentary about the cumulative effects of progressivism:
... we have not reduced poverty; we have institutionalized it. We've created a dependent underclass. We've reduced self-respect. We've increased crime. We've reduced upward mobility. We've reduced liberty. Then, there's this from Bill Whittle:
If WE don't raise awareness, who will? As the album title goes, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits.
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